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Cylinder-head-sector disk addressing: addressable range, direct use, compatibility issues and conversion between coordinate systems.

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Did any PC disk defragmentor optimize cylinder position?

There was a single PC/DOS defragmentation software that paid attention to disk geometry: FastTrax. Its claim to fame was that it didn't merely defragment files, but also arranged them to cylinder/he …
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